Reference is to Printer's Date 4/25/18-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Section 59-29-80(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-29-80.
(A) There shall be
is established and provided in all the public schools of
this State physical education, training, and instruction
of pupils of both sexes, and every.
Every pupil attending any public
school, in so far as he is physically fit and able to do so,
shall take the course or courses provided by this section.
Suitable modified courses shall must be
provided for students physically or mentally unable or unfit to
take the course or courses prescribed for normal pupils.
However, in any public school
which that offers a military or naval
ROTC program sponsored by one of the military services of the
United States, training in such a program may
must be deemed considered to be
the equivalent to of physical
education instruction, and may
must be accepted in lieu of such instruction for all
purposes, academic or nonacademic, as may hereinafter be
provided. Additionally, a public school that offers
instruction in marching band based on the South Carolina
Academic Standards for the Visual and Performing Arts must
submit a plan to the department documenting that all South
Carolina Academic Standards for Physical Education are met. Upon
approval of the plan by the department, this instruction may be
considered to be the equivalent of physical education
instruction. The provisions of Title 59, Chapter 32 must
continue to be met."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.